On the geometry and entropy of non-Hamiltonian phase space

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2007/02/P02013zbMATH Open1456.82023arXivcond-mat/0511343MaRDI QIDQ5239343FDOQ5239343

Authors: Alessandro Sergi, Paolo V. Giaquinta 

Publication date: 22 October 2019

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze the equilibrium statistical mechanics of canonical, non-canonical and non-Hamiltonian equations of motion by throwing light into the peculiar geometric structure of phase space. Some fundamental issues regarding time translation and phase space measure are clarified. In particular, we emphasize that a phase space measure should be defined by means of the Jacobian of the transformation between different types of coordinates since such a determinant is different from zero in the non-canonical case even if the phase space compressibility is null. Instead, the Jacobian determinant associated with phase space flows is unity whenever non-canonical coordinates lead to a vanishing compressibility, so that its use in order to define a measure may not be always correct. To better illustrate this point, we derive a mathematical condition for defining non-Hamiltonian phase space flows with zero compressibility. The Jacobian determinant associated with time evolution in phase space is altogether useful for analyzing time translation invariance. The proper definition of a phase space measure is particularly important when defining the entropy functional in the canonical, non-canonical, and non-Hamiltonian cases. We show how the use of relative entropies can circumvent some subtle problems that are encountered when dealing with continuous probability distributions and phase space measures. Finally, a maximum (relative) entropy principle is formulated for non-canonical and non-Hamiltonian phase space flows.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511343

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zbMATH Keywords

new applications of statistical mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Canonical transformations in symplectic and contact geometry (53D22) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

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